Month: November 2025

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday tabled a bill in the Assembly to ban polygamy, making it an offence with up to seven years of imprisonment for first…

The White House denied that Donald Trump was considering removing FBI Director Kash Patel following a report that the president is weighing his ouster amid a string of controversies.

Volcanic activity in northern Ethiopia’s long-dormant Hayli Gubbi volcano subsided Tuesday, days after an eruption left a trail of destruction in nearby villages and caused flight cancellations after ash plumes…

US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together…

Justice BR Gavai, the former Chief Justice of India, has told NDTV that while the Indian judiciary is independent, their actions are often seen through the prism of politics.

Some Karnataka Congress legislators who travelled to New Delhi to meet party leaders to pitch for deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar’s elevation as Chief Minister, said here on Tuesday…

A new United Nations secretary-general will be elected next year for a five-year term starting on January 1, 2027.

In a strong expression of displeasure over the delay in arresting the accused in the rape of a six-year-old girl in Madhya Pradesh’s Raisen, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav late on…

In a significant reshuffle of official residences in Bihar, the Building Construction Department has ordered former minister Tej Pratap Yadav to vacate his government-allotted bungalow at 26 M Strand Road.

Bolsonaro, a former army captain, once electrified supporters with his gloves-off style, while drawing criticism for comments slamming gays, demeaning women and praising Brazil’s dictatorship years.

The search for the next Secretary-General of the United Nations launched Tuesday, as member states were invited to send nominations to replace Antonio Guterres for the term starting in 2027.

Meet the former member of MARCOS, or Marine Commandos, Praveen Kumar Teotia, who was awarded the Shaurya Chakra for his valour at the Taj Mahal hotel in the 26/11 terror…

A 59-year-old man died, and 18 others, including five fire brigade personnel, were hospitalised after chlorine gas leaked from an old cylinder in Vasai town in Maharashtra’s Palghar district on…

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s convoy was briefly stalled for around 15 minutes on Jessore Road here after relatives of a dead person staged a protest alleging that one…

At the inauguration of the MNS’ Konkan Mahotsav, party chief Raj Thackeray urged workers and voters to stay “vigilant” ahead of the upcoming Mumbai civic body polls.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday the “principles” of a revised US plan to end the war with Russia could lead to “deeper agreements” and that “much depends” on…

A 22-year-old woman was killed in Jharkhand’s Palamu district after her husband allegedly lifted her and slammed her to the ground during a drunken brawl, police said.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday that Kyiv was ready to move forward with a US-backed peace deal and that he was prepared to discuss its sensitive points with US…

Afghanistan’s Taliban government vowed on Tuesday to “respond appropriately” to deadly overnight air strikes it blamed on Pakistan, a claim Islamabad denied, as tensions spiked a day after a suicide…

Kirill Dmitriev is not a professional diplomat. But the head of Russia’s sovereign wealth has emerged as a key player in drafting a new proposal to end Moscow’s war in…

Foreign tourists visiting US national parks including the Grand Canyon and Yellowstone will now pay a hefty surcharge, the Trump administration announced Tuesday.

US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he was sending envoy Steve Witkoff to meet with Russia’s Vladimir Putin in Moscow to iron out “a few” remaining differences over a deal…

Sudhanshu Mani, the man who led the production of the country’s first indigenous semi-high-speed Vande Bharat train, recently got an opportunity to travel on it as a passenger.

A 21-year-old collegian suffered burn injuries after his friend set him ablaze during his birthday revelry in the Kurla area of Mumbai on Tuesday, leading to the arrest of five…

Astronaut and Indian Air Force Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla on Tuesday said Bengaluru looked the “brightest” and “most beautiful” when the International Space Station flew over India.

In a landmark ruling that expands the scope of victim rights in property offences, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu Government to pay…

A school headmaster was assaulted for protesting the harassmentof girl students in West Bengal’s Malda district on Tuesday, police said.

The Bengaluru police on Tuesday announced that they have recovered the entire Rs 7.11 crore looted from a cash van by a gang in the city.

Heavy rain caused flooding in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, swamping the tents of thousands of homeless Palestinians facing the prospect of harsh winter storms without sturdy shelter.

US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has urged travellers to dress formally, as it would make people behave better at airports.

Brazil’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that former president Jair Bolsonaro’s coup conviction was final, with no more appeals allowed, clearing the way for him to begin serving a 27-year…

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said a Ukraine-Russia deal is “very close,” but European leaders were skeptical and Russian missiles continued to rain down on Kyiv.

A row over the sale of controversial books took a violent turn on Tuesday, plunging Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur into chaos.

The Supreme Court came down on the Uttar Pradesh government for retaining the “colonial-era mindset” in governing cooperative societies and similar bodies where the spouses of bureaucrats like district magistrates…

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Elections are likely to be announced soon. While the elections cater to the Mumbai city and its suburbs, the politics, the money, the campaigns and the…

A Dalit bride’s traditional wedding procession was taken out under police protection in Madhya Pradesh’s Lakhma Khedi village after members of the Rajput community allegedly blocked the route and hurled…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said India seeks peace but will never allow its borders or national security to be compromised.

Implementation of the new labour codes will boost consumption by Rs 75,000 crore and increase share of formal workforce by at least 15 per cent, economists at SBI said in…

Trishakti Corps of the Indian Army has commenced intensive unarmed combat drill ‘AMAR’ at altitudes exceeding 14,000 ft to enhance close-combat readiness in some of the most demanding operational zones…

A disciplinary action over an alleged AI-generated objectionable image has snowballed into a major protest at a school in Madhya Pradesh’s Mandla district.

Comedian Kunal Kamra kicked up a fresh controversy after he shared a photo on social media wearing a T-shirt that allegedly mocked the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), inviting strong reaction…

India on Tuesday issued one of its strongest recent statements against China after an Indian woman from Arunachal Pradesh was harassed, detained for over 18 hours, and denied normal transit…

After accusing an American citizen who adopted her of physical and mental torture, a woman on Tuesday claimed that she had made false allegations against her US mother simply to…

A jilted lover was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly killing his “former partner” with a sickle for marrying someone else, police here said.

The political battle over Telangana’s Hyderabad Industrial Lands Transformation Policy (HILTP) intensified today, with Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka launching a powerful counterattack against the Bharat Rashtra Samithi or…

A senior IAS officer and two others died in a major road accident in Karnataka today.

The recent claim that uranium was detected in the breast milk of lactating mothers in Bihar sent shockwaves across media and public discourse.

A statue of Goddess Kali in a Mumbai temple was dressed to resemble Mother Mary, shocking devotees and drawing the ire of Hindu organisations.

A former MLA of Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena faction was hit from behind by a car while she was walking with her little grandchild and a woman in Maharashtra’s Nashik.

Twenty-eight Maoists, 22 of them collectively carrying a reward of Rs 89 lakh on their heads, surrendered in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur district.

Scores of people assembled at the India Gate in a show of support for the Delhi Police on Tuesday, two days after videos surfaced allegedly showing protesters raising slogans praising…

Mumbai witnessed a thick blanket of smog on Tuesday as citywide air-quality readings surged into poor and severe categories, prompting the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to step up emergency measures.

The crisis for banana farmers in Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh, has reached a heartbreaking point they are now being forced to destroy their own harvest.

A horrific incident in which a mother strangled her fourth newborn daughter to death has been reported from the Belagavi district of Karnataka on Tuesday, officials said.

A 21-year-old NEET aspirant allegedly died after falling from a moving train near the Keshoraipatan railway station in Rajasthan’s Bundi district on Monday night, police said on Tuesday.

Adani Enterprises Ltd, the flagship firm of billionaire Gautam Adani’s conglomerate, on Tuesday launched subscriptions for one of India’s largest rights issues, offering shares at Rs 1,800 apiece, a discount…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office has clarified that they are working to ‘coordinate a new visit date’ to India amid reports of his visit being postponed due to security…

It will be 200 years in 10 years since the time British historian and politician Thomas Macaulay began a colonial campaign to uproot the cultural foundations of India, Prime Minister…

A Class 10 girl student jumped to her death from the fifth floor of a school building in Hyderabad on Tuesday.

Pawan Thakur, a Dubai-based drug trafficker accused of orchestrating one of the country’s biggest cocaine seizures last year, is under the radar of the central probe agencies, officials said.

Denying meritorious Muslim students admission to educational institutions on religious grounds would push them towards radicalism, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah warned today.

BESCOM Managing Director Mahantesh Bilagi died after succumbing to injuries sustained in a major road accident that claimed the lives of two others.